I take no credit for this. For those that dont know, Huttball is a pvp encounter

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ok so since i was at Eurogamer expo i thought id do a little report on some of the things i saw, me and gabe ofc stood at the SWTOR pc's quite a bit , one thing they were playing is the Huttball game, my first imprecions of this when i first herd about it is that it was some kind of american football game but no, this is no sports game, basicly its a gladitorial pit with a ball involved but neither the less it is a game where teamwork is critical, without the right tactics, teamwork and good communication your team will not win . they have built the map it self quite cleaverly as first off it acomadates all classes and roles, so lets go through the map (borrowed the pics from another site )


Subterranean level

ok so lets start with the subterranean level, this is the lowest level on the map just below the ground level and is pretty much a open expanse, although i did see a few fights going on here the only real reason you would be on this level is if you are looking for a few power-ups or if you have just fallen off one of the higher levels, you cant get to the scoring zone from this level so you will hardly ever see the ball carrier down here.




Ground level

ok so next up is the ground level, this is the main level of the map and where most of the action takes place, teams will rush into the middle of this map at the start as the ball is placed right in the centre of this level and contains most of the power-ups and the hazards, ofc at the eurogamer expo there was no team work what so ever so everyone just rushed to the center, forgot all about the ball and just had a big fight, i would expect this if we come up against a team who dont know eacother or are just crap. around the ball in the center are quite a few different hazards and other pit devices such as 2 big acid pits, air jets (will throw you up in the air into a random location, but maybe strait into a hazard) fire pits and ofc enemy players. the acid pit wont kill you right away but will give you a damage over time effect, the fire pits will kill you within a few seconds but do give you, if your quick, time to get out with severly damaged health. a chain fence stops you just running round the outside to get to the scoring zone so you have to go through the middle and run the gauntlet to score.




Elevated level

when you start the game most players will rush foward onto this level and jump down onto the ground level as it is the quickest way to the ball, once you have jumped down onto the ground level or are just on it anyway the only way to get back to this level is to use the air jets and hope it fires you up here or to run around the outside of the map and use 1 of 2 ramps to get back up, while watching this i noticed the classes that really excelled here was the ranged classes as they can ofc fire down onto the ground level and dont have to wait for the fire pits (which there are alot of up here) i saw many a jedi and sith get caught out waiting to go through a fire pit and get picked off by ranged people on the same level or shooting up from the ground level, no cover up here. but a good place for the ball carrier to get lucky with the fire pits and escape any chasing enemies.